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Updated by LisaDJenkins on Apr 24, 2013
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Must Watch Christmas Movies

Started with stories that make my Christmas, add your favorites, too!

A Christmas Carol (TV 1999) - IMDb

Joel Grey is the best Ghost of Christmas Past ever. This somber, stark version is my favorite by far.

The Bishop's Wife (1947) - IMDb

Cary Grant. I honestly don't think this movie needed to be redone - it's perfect.

The Santa Clause (1994) - IMDb

Love the part when Santa is answering the "Name?" question at the police station ... Popo Gigio!!

The Polar Express (2004) - IMDb

Tom Hanks voices so many characters in this but my favorite is the voice he uses for Santa. Deep, majestic, resonating.

The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) - IMDb

Light the lamp, not the rat - LIGHT THE LAMP, NOT THE RAT!!!!

A Charlie Brown Christmas (TV 1965) - IMDb

Linus making his speech ... yep.

Miracle on 34th Street (1947) - IMDb

My favorite version. I mean, c'mon .. Maureen O'Hara!

Hogfather (TV 2006) - IMDb

Terry Pratchett and Death. Hooray!

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Directed by Frank Capra. With James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell. An angel helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman by showing what life would have been like if he never existed.

Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)

Directed by John Hughes. With Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins, Michael McKean. A man must struggle to travel home for Thanksgiving, with an obnoxious slob of a shower ring salesman his only companion.

Elf (2003)

Directed by Jon Favreau. With Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart, Zooey Deschanel. After inadvertently wreaking havoc on the elf community due to his ungainly size, a man raised as an elf at the North Pole is sent to the U.S. in search of his true identity.